I fixed up an old lawnmower deck for a very nice local guy. These old John Deere mowers with hydrostatic drive were built super tough and they're around 30 years later, but the mower decks are rotting out. We used one at Olympic View Marine to town all the boats around in and out of the yard into the shop.
I hammered in a new piece of steel to fit the inside of the deck. The guy brought me this steel to use because he had it on hand already and it worked great! The crack was about 12 inches long, I pushed it all back together and welded it up, then fit theses fish plates on the inside and outside.
I made the plates made of 10 gauge and 3/16 carbon steel. The plate on the right I was able to fish into the wheel mount/brace for added support. All in all I had him out of here in an hour and a half and he was more than pleased with the work.
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